Jim Commentucci / The Post-StandardPrincess: Former owner went to jail.

Syracuse, NY - A Syracuse woman who avoided any substantial jail time earlier this year for starving her pit bull, Princess, is now in jail nonetheless.

Wendy Collins was sentenced last week by City Judge Jim Cecile to serve 10 months in the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville for violating probation, according to defense lawyer Joseph Favata.

When SPCA investigators responded to Collins’ Oak Street home last November, they found a severely emaciated Princess in the basement. Authorities said the dog may not have eaten in six months.

Collins was sentenced by Cecile in April to three years’ probation and time served – she had ended up in jail after missing an earlier court appearance - after she pleaded guilty to a misdmeanor charge of failing to provide proper sustenance for the dog.

Princess was adopted and Collins was barred from owning any pets while on probation.

Favata said Collins admitted violating that probation by failing to report as required to her probation officer.